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NEGK'DIE.

Specification of rLetters'E'aten't.

Application mefl'octcbcr e1, 1913. emana e. recess.

tie, and the collar, has been effected. The middle member constitutes what may be called the front leaf since it occupies the 1Tb all whom it may concern:

Be it known that Search, a subject of the Great Britain, residing (ii/4:8 Albion road, South front position when the device is in place Hampstead, in the county of London, Engand is shaped to give the appearance of the land, have invented certain new and use cross-flap of an ordinary hand-made tie. Improvements in or Relating to Neckties,-of The two outer members constitute what may which the following is a speci cation. be *termed the back-leaf and the clamping This invention relates to neckties. leait'respectwely. The twosi'de edges 0 the front leaf to which the back and clamping leaves are hinged are preferably curved backw'ardly se-that the hinges do not show from the dront; also the 'free side edge of the back-leaf is preferably folded or curled back upon itself-to form a recess or housing for the purpose hereinafter explained. On the rear "face'of the fron't leaf a flap of suitable. material preferably the same as that from which the tie proper is made is socured, for example by two tongues, in order that it may serve as the equivalent of the inverted ll-shaped portion of the tie at the summit of the usual hand-made knot. This flap can be so adjusted as to present an inverted Ushaped portion of any convenient width and height at the option of the wearer. The freely depending end is held down between the back leaf and the clampinglea-f and the latter may advantageously be provided with "inwardly projecting tongues to grip the depending end and tlie-reby prevent it from working out of ace.

The means for clamping the three leaves to'the tie comprise aspring cli o'l: any venient form carried by the leaves and ated within the space infolded by them except *tor a small thumb piece projecting from the back leaf near the lower edge thereof, where it can easily be reached and manipulated. When erated, the spring clip, in a collapsed condition, into the leaf infolded space,

The chief defects of the ordinary tie are and creasing of the material incident thereto, and, in the case of double collars, the difficulty of making the tie slip between the folds of the collar. There are, of course, ties with ready-made knots but their appearance is unchangeable and usually too set and rigid and they are quite unsuitable for use with double collars, owing to the im: possibility of properly adjusting them as regardst'heir height and position under the laps of the collar. With a view to avoiding the necessity of tying a knot it'has also been proposed to employ apart from the tie proper a'strip of fabric or a cloth-covered "frame adapted to infold thetwo ends of the tie when they are brought together at the front of the collar so as to present the appearance of a knot; hitherto knot-form'- ing devices of this kind have been liable to slip out of place owing to lack of capability to become positively attached to the tie proper, or the means provided for attachment to the tie have been such as to interfere with the proper raising of the device upon the infolded tie into the confined ace under the laps of double collars an to prevent separate adjustment of each on of the tie after such positioning but before the actual attachment is effected. The chief object otthe present invention is to provide a simple, neat, and

durable knot-forming device free from the above mentioned deexpands or spreads thereby reductects, an in particular adapted to allow each end of the tie to be adjusted after the mg the free space for the i316 and in consedevice has been raised into position, but bequence resiliently clamping the tie to the tore it is actually clamped to the t1e. leaves with a suitable degrw of pressure.

rtccordmg to the present invention the In order that the invention may be clearly knot forming device comprises three understood and readily carried into etlect I cloth-covered members, or leaves as they will now describe the some more fully with hinged together in such a reference to the accompanying drawings, in slidably einwhich Figure 1 is an elevation o-ilthe device in may be termed, wav that when folded up they the thumb piece is opwhich is normal y brace the tie proper, and means for keeping p the leaves in their folded position and its developed or unfolded s'tate. Fig. 2 clamping them a whole to the tie after is an elevation of the opposite-side of the relative adjustment between the device, is a detached view of a member hereinafter referred to. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged sections on the line 3-45 of Fig. 1, showing the device in its folded position. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modification of a detail of construction and Fig. 6 is a section on the line G-( of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the device in its infolding position upon the tie proper.

The device consists of the front leaf A, the back leaf B, and the clamping leaf C. The front leaf A is somewhat narrower at the bottom than at the top, and is bent, the narrow end or bottom abeing curved to v pro ect more than the broad end or top a.

The leaves B and C are hinged to the leaf A in any convenient manner. For this purpose I have shown slots 6 and c in the adjacent edges of the leaves B and C respeclower end of the device.

tively, the strips 6 c constituting hinge pins around which are curled lugs a on the leaf A. The leaves A and C are punched at a and .0 respectively, and the tongues are bent slightly inward. The free edge of the back leaf B is turned back for a purpose hereinafter explained. The back leaf is provided with a spring clip consisting of two members D and E located toward the The member D is hinged to the plain edge of the leaf B and consists of a strip of resilient metal bent back upon itself and extending across the inner face of the said leaf B and under the turned-back edge of the same. The other member E is hinged about mid-way 'inthe breadth of the leaf B in'any convenient manner, for example by means of a lug b on the leaf, which lug is curled around a cross piece 6 between two slots in the mem ber E, the latter being bent at an angle near the cross piece 6 to consist of two arms, one of which forms a kind of thumb piece and also serve to hold the clamping leaf in its folded position, while the other serves to engage with the resilient member D to cause it to exert a suitable pressure upon the ends of the tie after the ends have been properly adjusted. Alternately, an L-shaped slot may be cut in the leaf B, as indicated at 6 in Fig. 5, so that the triangular portion ofmetal may be bent back to permit of the member E being passed through the aperture diagonally, whereupon the triangular piece of metal is bent back again to its former position, the vertical portion of the L-shaped slot then accommodating the midortion of the member E and serving to 'old it in a hinged condition.

In order to assemble the tie proper and the above described device, as shown in Fig. 7, the two ends of the tie are brought together at the front of the collar, and the inner surface of the back-leaf B is placed behind them, the turned back edge of this leaf serving as a guard to prevent the ends of the tie from slipping off the leaf laterclamped position.

ally. The front and clamping leaves A and C are then swung around the hinges of the back leaf, the front leaf A thus taking up its covering position with respect to the back leaf B and the corresponding parts of the tie. A flap of material F, which is firmly secured to the front leaf A by the two inwardly projecting tongues a is then folded back into an inverted U-shape so as to pass between the ends of the tie and over-- lap the top edge of the back leaf B with its free end hanging downward. The clamping leaf 0 is then folded backwardly so as to lie against the depending. portion of the flap F and press it against the external surface of the back leaf B, the two inwardly projecting tongues c on, the leaf C gripping the depending portion of the flap and thereby preventing it from working out of place.

The free ends of the tie are then held while' the device is adjusted upon them, if necessary, by pulling the'ends and thrusting the device upwardly so as to bring it into a proper position against the front of the collar. When the three leaves of the device have been folded over into their correct positions, embracing, the tie as above described, and after any desired adjustments have been made, the thumb piece of the member E is pressed down against the external sur face of the clamping leaf C as shown in Fig. 4; the effect of this movement is twofold, namely to move the other arm of this member, that is to say the arm adjacent to the internal face of the back leaf, outwardly, thereby thrusting the otherrcsilient member D away from the internal surface of the back leaf and causing the tie to be pinched between the member D and the internal surface of the front leaf, and also to cause the clamping loaf C to remain in its folded position and firmly hold down the depending end of the flap F. The two members D and E automatically take up, or click into, the clamping position, and re main there until the thumb piece is forced outwardly again away from the clampingleaf. 1 It will be undertsood that the three leaves of the device and the members of the spring clip may be made of any suitable material, and that they are covered with silk or other appropriate material to round off the edges and match the tie-proper. The front face of the front leaf may, if desired, be padded to avoid all appearance of sharp angles or bends.

The function of the tongues a on the leaf A is to assist in the attachment of the flap F to this leaf, and the function of the tongues 0 on the leaf G is to prevent the depending portion of the flap F, when in position between the back leaf and the clamping leaf, from riding up out of its A tongue 6 is also of the tongue may be rounded in order not to catch into the material of the tie.

Obviously the device constituting the knot of the tie above described might be suitably modified for use with bows, and its shape, either for ties or bows, might be varied to form knots of different shapes,

the principle underlying its use and action remaining the same.

The tie proper used with the folding device above described may be specially shaped for the purpose or may be of such shape that it can, when desired, be used as an ordinary tie.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A knot-forming device for use with ties, comprising three rigid members hinged together in such a way that when folded up they slidably embrace the tie proper, and means operable independently of the movements of the hinged members for clgmping them as a whole to the tie after relative adjustment between the folded device," the slidably embraced tie, and the collar, has been effected.

2. A knot-forming device for use with ties, comprising a rigid member shaped to serve as the cross-flap of the knot, a strip of tie-material attached to said member to serve as the inverted U-shaped portion of the knot, a second rigid member hinged to one side edge of the first member and serving as a rear support for the ends of the tie, a spring clip carried by the second member, and a third rigid member hinged to the other side edge of the first member, the spring clip when actuated serving to keep the second and third members, when folded upon the first member, in their folded position and to clamp the three members as a whole to the tie.

3. A knot-forming device for use with ties, comprising a rigid member shaped to serve as the cross-flap of the knot, a strip of the same material as the tie attached to said member to serve as the inverted U- shaped portion of the knot, a second rigid member hinged to one side edge of the first member and serving as a rear support for the ends of the tie, a third rigid member hinged to the other side of the first member, a resilient strip hinged near the junction of the first and second rigid members and extending across the second member, and a two-armed member hinged between its arms about midway in'thebreadth of the second rigid member with one arm on the exterior thereof to serve as a thumb piece and the other arm between the interior of the said second rigid member and the resilient strip to cooperate with the latter.

4. A knot-forming device for use with I ties, comprising a fabric covered rigid member shaped to serve as the cross flap of the knot, a-strip of tie-fabric, means securing said strip to the upper part of the rigi member to serve as the inverted U-shaped portion of the knot, a second fabric-covered rigid member hinged at one side edge to one side edge of the first member and turned back upon itself at its other side edge, a third fabric-covered rigid member hinged at one side to the other side edge of the first member, a resilient strip hinged near the junction of the first and second rigid members and extending across the second member, and a two-armed member hinged between its arms about midway in the breadth of the second rigid member with one arm on the exterior thereof to serve as a thumb piece and the other arm between the interior of the said second rigid member and the resilient strip to cooperate with the latter.

5. A tie-infolding device comprising a back leaf, a front leaf and a clamping'leaf hinged to ether as hereinbefore described to slidably infold the portions of the tie brought together at the front of the-collar and when folded present the appearance of a knot, a strip of tie-material attached to the internal surface of the front leaf, and means operable independently of the infolding movements of the infolding device for clamping the latter to the tie after relative adjustment between the folded device, the slidably infolded tie, and the collar.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS J ELMAN COHEN. Witnesses:

T. SELBY WARDLE, WALTER J. SKERTEN. 

